University of Church Music of the Protestant Church in Württemberg, Tübingen for International Students

The university's fee section lists no tuition fee, only the semester contribution. As a church-run institution it is not a state university, and its pages do not mention the 1,500 EUR per semester that Baden-Württemberg's state universities charge non-EU students; confirm with the university that no fee applies to you.

The contribution goes to the Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim and includes the base share of the regional naldo semester ticket; it does not include the Deutschlandticket. It is also due during semesters of leave. Confirm the amount for your semester with the university.

No tuition does not mean no proof of funds. For the student visa you still need to show 11,904 EUR for the year, usually in a blocked account, and that money has to be transferred months before the semester starts.

The university publishes one set of dates for all applicants, not a separate non-EU deadline. The dates are the closing dates for applying to the entrance examination, which takes place on a single day. You apply directly to the university, not through uni-assist.

The university's study page gives 1 December for summer, while its admission regulations give 10 January, so apply by the earlier date and confirm with the Sekretariat. Your application includes a CV, your school-leaving certificate, a recent certificate from your parish office, a medical certificate, repertoire lists for the audition and, from abroad, certified translations and a German certificate. A passed examination stays valid for one year.

No programme at the university is taught in English. Applicants whose first language is not German need German at B2 level (Goethe-Institut Mittelstufe II or equivalent); if you have not reached B2 when you apply, send proof of your current level and the courses you plan.

Four full-time degree programmes are taught in German: the Bachelor's in Protestant Church Music (B, general or teaching profile) and in Popular Church Music (B), and the Master's in Protestant Church Music (A) and in Church Popular Music. A postgraduate artistic programme in organ is not counted here.

The University of Church Music of the Protestant Church in Württemberg (Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg, HKM Tübingen) is a church-run, state-recognised music school in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, founded in 1945. It is housed in the Schwabenhaus in Tübingen and offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Protestant church music and in popular church music. It is a separate institution from the Catholic University of Church Music in Rottenburg, to which Catholic applicants are usually referred.

Its admission regulations require Protestant faith or membership of a member church of the Council of Christian Churches in Germany, a commitment to working in church music, and an age of at most 40 for a Bachelor's or 45 for a Master's at enrolment. Applicants with a job or another degree programme must show that they can study full time.